[opendtv] Re: MPAA wants to stop DVRs from recording some movies

  • From: dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:39:10 -0700

For some reason I didn't receive Mark's post.  But like John, I, too, am
pleased to hear from you, Mark!

So what I hear Mark saying is that fair use does not mean "time-shifting".

Dan



                                                                       
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Good to have you back, Mark.  I was thinking just the other day that your
observations were lacking in the room.

John

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Schubin <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Jun 26, 2008 6:04 PM
>To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [opendtv] Re: MPAA wants to stop DVRs from recording some movies
>
>dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>> Naturally. But if a movie is released to an MVPD, I would think that
>> this is giving one access to the movie. Now that one has access, would
>> it not be "fair use" to record the movie on a DVR to view later? Or am
>> I missing your point?
>>
>If I sell my book, and you buy it (or look at it in a library) and quote
>it, that's fair use.  If I hold it in front of you and flash it open and
>closed, and you say, "Open it again; I couldn't read it," and I say,
>"No," there's nothing about fair use that says that I have to open it
>again for you.  So, if content is made available to be seen for a
>certain time period but not recorded, there's nothing about fair use
>that requires it to be made available for recording.
>
>
>TTFN,
>Mark
>



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